REVIEW FOR GRADE 8
PRONUNCIATION & REPORTED SPEECH
Exercise 1: Circle the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from that of the rest.
1.A. top B. chose C. song D. holiday
2 A. causes B. audiences C. bridges D. aunts
3 A. cancer B. ocean C. cinema D. centre
4 A. Chemistry B. which C. choose D. chick
5 A. suggested B. needed C. wanted D. worked
Exercise 2: Turn these sentences into Reported speech.
1. She said ” I can’t find my umbrella”
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2. They said “We are learning English now”
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3. “ My friend is coming next week” Tom said.
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4. “ I’ll help my mum with housework this weekend” she said
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5. “Try to overcome this difficulty” they said
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6. “ Is your father a doctor here?”, my friend said
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7. “Are you going on holiday tomorrow?”, the boy said to his neighbor.
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8. “ Why will you have to finish all these exercises before next week?” the teacher said to his students
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9. “ I came back here early yesterday,” she said.
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10. “ I’ve broken the vase,” she said
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11. “ I will never see you again,” the boy said to the girl.
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12. He said to her, “Don’t hurt my friend.”
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13. Johnny said to his mother, “I don’t know how to do this exercise.”
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14. “We are waiting for the school bus”, said the chidren.
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15. Marry said, “My father died a year ago”.
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16. John said, “Have you finished studying my lesson?”.
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17. Mary said, “I can not go to the movies with you, John”.
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18. “Will you expect to see me next Wednesday?” Mary said to her friend.
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19. He said, “I don’t know what happened.”
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20. She said, “How did you go to the hospital yesterday?”
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